Lost Art is an interactive street art project. I find objects in the street, paint street scenes onto them, and then leave them out to be found on the streets where they were painted. It's an exercise in recycling, in letting go, and in reaching out. I'm curious to know whether the paintings will be found, or if they will remain discarded the way their canvases were before I painted them. So if you find one of the pieces, please let me know in the comments!

October 11, 2014

Lost Art #15: Al-Azhar Park, Cairo

Hello again everyone!

I know it's been a longer wait than usual. This past week, I conducted a live Q&A about 'plein air' street painting at the Artellewa Art Space. If you missed it, you can find some photos here. But now I'm back in my rhythm and I've finally left my next Lost Art painting out in the world to be found! This one is in Al-Azhar Park in Cairo. It's the second painting I've left in Cairo and the 15th overall. The day I painted it was the last day of the Eid festivities, so the park was completely full of people. Many of them stopped to watch, talk, and ask questions. Hopefully one of those nice, curious people will find this one today and take it home!

This painting, oil on found wood, roughly 47 cm x 41 cm, was left in Al-Azhar Park, Cairo on October 11th, 2014 at 6pm.